IT'S MY BIRTHDAY !!!

Hello everyone!

Guess what today is... It's my birthday! And it is APJ Abdul Kalam sir's Birthday too! 

After waiting for an entire year for this day, here it finally is. And I had a lot of fun at school today too. The usual custom at our school is that children wear their birthday dresses and distribute something in their classes. It usually is pens, chocolates or sweets. 

But I think pens, chocolates, and 

sweets are something, everyone 

does, and I'm not like everyone, otherwise, I wouldn't be writing this blog, right? So I sat brainstorming alone at night and came up with a brilliant idea that everyone at home and school loved.

 My class teacher said it  

was a very thoughtful gift to give.

White daisy seed Pots

Instead of giving away all those things, I decided to do something for the environment. Mum ordered 50 recycled black plant pots, and we kept 4 white daisy seeds in each of them. I thought that it would be a really nice thing to give away white daisy seeds to my friends and teachers. They'll go and plant it at home, and maybe when the flowers will come they will remember me? 

Whoever celebrates their birthday, their kid's birthday or any of their family's, please consider this idea to give away and make the earth green! 

~Chinmayee Bhattacharjee 

THE AMAZON IS ON FIRE !

We, humans, are called the most intelligent species on Earth, by ourselves of course. But there couldn't have been a more careless, stupid and selfish species like ours, save for a few individuals who genuinely care. 

A dead Iguana burnt in the forest fire

The Amazon is burning, and thousands of animals have died. The causes are most probably human-made. This is the season when farmers set fire to their land for clearing out old crops and stalks to fertilize the land with ash. This might be good for their crop but is definitely horrible for the forest. The crop fire reaches out through the crop, eventually reaching the margins, where the plants of the forest catch it. The fire then makes its way through the entire jungle like a monster, devouring all life in its way. The effects are so devastating that they can be seen through space, and I am worried.

Another carcass scorched by the fire

An ocelot lies injured during the fire

The amazon rain forest is habitat
to nearly ten percent of the world's species, and a new species is discovered there every other day. Deforestation, forest fires, and poaching have become a major issue, eating away at the ecosystem. We don't really deserve this planet. Isn't it time to open up our eyes to what is happening around us? When will humanity actually realize it's folly? After everything is gone? 

 An Evening Sun in Mongolia

This is the sun I watch from my home and this is the same sun I have made in this painting which is of Mongolia's fame, the Govi desert, not to be confused with the gobi ki sabji that mom so loving makes in the kitchen. 
The desert is not the conventional one, having less sand and more of rocks, boulders and pebbles. I went there when I was small. Here is my painting. 

  

MY PAINTING

~ Chinmayee Bhattacharjee

 Sakura- Cherry Blossom

The Cherry Blossom is a beautiful whitish and pink flower. Many species are found in Japan, while some are also found in India, Taiwan, Korea and China. It is the National flower of Japan. I made this painting of a cherry blossom with a swing yesterday. How is it? 

                                ~ Chinmayee                Bhattacharjee